Cascade Point
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4.0 • 5 Ratings
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- $3.99
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Grant Stone and his crew just want to be left alone. They fly at the edges of Alliance space, surveying new systems far from the problems that brought them all together. Some are former military, while others have more colorful pasts. Everyone aboard the Fallen Angel has a reason for staying on the fringes. It's a good life, but a chance discovery will change everything.
Confronted by an enemy powerful enough to threaten all of human civilization, Grant and his crew are forced to choose between confinement or joining the Ghost Fleet, a hidden network of ships recruited and run by the Alliance Navy. Faced with an existential danger, Grant will lead his team into the far reaches of unknown space to keep the brewing conflict from exploding into all-out war.
Customer Reviews
Interesting Plot. Poor Writing.
Most of the story was a mess. The author went through great lengths to explain things that didn’t change the flow of the story or impact the plot at all. Entire chapters were used to glorify characters who really weren’t that interesting.
I liked Iona but we didn’t need an entire chapter to basically say she was *really* smart. You got that point across the first 100 times you mentioned it.
Dex was another character I found interesting at first but his “blessings” and youthful nativity were explained SO many times I just didn’t care anymore. Especially since he really wasn’t much different from anyone else—the author himself literally explains that his blessings are only “minor enhancements” compared to a human’s natural capabilities so I don’t know why he then proceeded to remind us of how brilliant and smart and strong and amazing and blah blah blah Dex was EVERY TIME he stepped onto the page.
There was zero character or plot development. And the writing was mediocre at best. The book was littered with errors and mistakes; I normally ignore small typos in books but there were so many it was actually distracting. It really bothered me because I felt the mistakes were simple; using “and” where the word “an” should have been. Misspelling words, improper dialogue formatting. These were things that could have easily been caught and corrected by simply proof-reading your own work before you hit publish. You don’t have to be a professional editor to catch simple typos.
One thing I did appreciate was the racial diversity in the book. I really wanted to enjoy the story but the plot was lost under all the muck. Maybe I’ll try a different series by this author but I definitely won’t be continuing to book 2 with Cascade Point.